Dublin Airport Spotters

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Here is what i posted for guys on UKAR, hope this helps:

Hi there, let me help!

The Airport is now ranked 8th busiest in Europe for international passenger traffic and 14th in the world.

Dublin is Ireland's biggest airport by far! The airport recieves a wide range of operators from long haul american carriers to european low costs, The airport is of course a Ryanair and Aer Lingus hub with a steady stream of movements throughout the day.

There are numerous spotting posts, but the best is Along Runway 28 ( 10/28 ) along the Old Airport Road which I have highlighted here for you as a Red Circle, the Bus Stop is highlighted in the Yellow Circle more or less directly under approaching aircraft traffic:



Wind direction determines what runway they use at the airport either the East/West (10/28) runway or North/South (16/34) but to be honest its always 10/28.

There is work being carried out on 10/28 at the moment but that is only happening at night between 11pm and 5am so you should be ok.

Before you come over here it would be of use to you to go to http://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/ and on the left you can print off the timetable for Aircraft arriving and departing on that day.

For arrivals see here: http://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/live-arrivals.asp

For departures see here: http://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/live-departures1.asp

Common sights would be US Airways,Turkish,Swiss,Sky Europe,SAS,S7,Ryanair,Malev,Luxair,Lufthansa,Lithuanian Airlines,iberia,Germanwings,FlyGlobespan,Flybe,Etihad Airways,EstonianAir,Delta,Czech Airlines,Continental,Cityjet,Centralwings,BMI,BritishAirways,AmericanAirlines,AirTransat,A
irSouthwest,AirFrance,AirCanada,AirBaltic,AerLingus,AerArann,AdriaAirlines plus numerouse Biz and Military Aircraft.

Radio Frequencies
Clearance: 121.87
Ground: 121.8
Tower: 118.6
Approach: 121.1
Area South: 124.65
Area North: 129.17

When you arrive in the Airport etc just hop on a bus for the City Centre but as you leave the Airport keep looking for the Aircraft coming in and press the stop button to get off at the approach, there is a bus stop literally under the approach! Cross the road and walk down the Old Airport road to the spotting location highlighted above, it will be easy to find as its usually swamped with cars/spotters etc.

Hope this helps.

Dave.

If they're using runway 10. The best position is at the entrance to an industrial complex which is literally opposite the threshold. There are two nice mounds which make a good camera position and provide an excellent view of the aircraft lining up. You can see it easily on Google Earth. Bit of a walk though. A bit of a cheat though would be to go to the airport and get on the long term car park bus. The long term car park is quite close to the end of RWY 10.:cool:

Could it have been this one. I know it's an SP VP-BAT and you mentioned 747-400. But?

Hi guys, Myself and a few other spotters are planning on visiting Dublin on 26th August, does the information above still stand, or has there been any changes in the past 12 months? We're all flying over on various morning Ryanair flights from across the UK (Edinburgh, Manchester, Stansted and Bristol mainly) so we wont have a car. If Runway 10 is in use, is there a bus service or similar to travel to there? Any further information would be greatly appreciated! Chris, Manchester.

The info in the first post is still correct. You could be cheeky and come out of the terminal building, across the road, straight through the car park to where buses set down. Get on a quickpark (bright green) bus, its free, and it will bring you to the long term car park shown above (between red and yellow circles.) You can then leave the car park, turning left out of the entrance and left again onto the old airport road. This runs parallel to 10/28. The majority of the time 28 is in use, but could be 10 or even 16/34.

There is a layby opposite the 28 and 34 threshold.


As for getting to the threshold of 10 if it is in use, the only way I know is to walk (it'd be about 3k from the car park to the end), but others may have other ideas?

You'll generally get early morning (5-7am) inbound from the states, a330s (air lingus) and 767s (AA) and they head back west over the course of the morning and early afternoon.

It's usually EI and FR are the majority, but there is a good few other regulars. Nothing like Manchester, you won't see 747s here anymore unfortunately. There are some cargo heavies and regulars like Ethiad 767s, sas md80s, air france (city jet) bae146, aer arann atr72s etc

Being a wednsday there might not be many charter flights but you may get lucky.
Check out these closer to the 26th
http://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/live-arrivals.asp

http://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/live-departures1.asp

Stee wrote: »

you won't see 747s here anymore unfortunately. ]

I dont know about that, Air France Cargo F-GIUD Boeing 747-400 ERF was in Dublin on Saturday 08/08/09.

Neon-Circles wrote: »

That was a one-off instead of the 777, wont be a regular occurrence

I know that, but 777's will go tech from time to time.

Jammyc wrote: »

Anyone know what the best bus to get from th City Centre is? Hoping to go spotting sometime soon.

Dublin bus would be cheaper than airlink or aircoach

16a Dublin Airport to Lower Rathfarnham (Nutgrove Avenue)
41 Lower Abbey Street to Swords Manor
46x Dún Laoghaire to Dublin Airport
102 Sutton Station to Dublin Airport
746 Dublin Airport to Dún Laoghaire
747 Central Bus Station to Dublin Airport
748 Heuston Station to Dublin Airport

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/Airport-Services/

homerjay2005 wrote: »

spent the weekend in windsor, which is directly on the flight path to heathrow. all i can say is WOW! so so impressive to see heathrow in full action, planes landing virtually every minute there. no matter how many times i see the BA 747's, i will never cease to be amazed at their magnificence. also saw many A380's for the first time.

It is amazing, you should get down to Myrtle Avenue for 27L Landings, i was there and it never ceased to amaze me.

Just a question, what plane has 4 jet engines that could take of from Dublin in the middle of the day? I live in south dublin ( tallaght) and every day I see many planes usually those that has taken off sometimes those on the approach, depend on the wind dircetion. Last week I saw one that had 4 (jet) engines. I would estimate the altitude around 2700 to 3300feet as dublin mountains reach nearly 1600 feet.